07/24/09
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Just want to say that didn't know him personally but through his work he touched the lives of so many people. My prayers are with his family,friends, fellow authors and fans.
If you love someone tell them today and frequently you never know tomorrow if you will have that chance. LOVE ya
07/24/09
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I loved ELynn discovered his books while livng in Hawaii in mid nineties...he is the first author I called into a radio station to talk too...He Will Be Missed!
RIP
angelia vernon menchan
07/24/09
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I didn't know E.Lynn personally; I met him once when he came to Mobile around May,2008 to promote his next to last book, "Too Good To Be True".and the bookstore was PACKED with not just blacks, but whites, those that were in the gay and lesbian local community here. We just had a lovely time but before he got started, he told us how he wanted us to come up to him for booksigning and picture taking; just to keep order in the place. I have been reading E.Lynn's stuff since about his third novel; then I went back and read his earlier stuff; That was one talented man. That was also one brave brother because other than James Earl Hardy, E.Lynn really showed us how gays and bisexuals could be. I always used to say that I thank the Good Lord for E.Lynn Harris and J.L.King because it takes courage to come out as a brother and let yourself be known as gay or bisexual. He would send emails about his books coming out and just this past Sunday, besides myself, we were probably the only two African Americans on Facebook who remembered Frank McCourt's passing. He wrote of how they met in Miami some time ago and how he admired him and his work; I wrote of how his work moved me. so when I just came online to see that E.Lynn passed was a shock. He will definitely be missed; R.I.P.
07/24/09
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blessed journey. i was so much in awe of you when ever you were around, i was too shy to say how grateful i am to you for opening doors for the rest of us, that now i've missed my chance.
you will forever be missed.
07/24/09
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RIP, thank you for sharing your wonderful work. My prayers go out to your family at this difficult time.
07/24/09
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Rest in Peace
| Karen E. Quinones Miller | Email |
07/24/09
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I was attending the Book Expo of America in Chicago in 2000, after having just self-published my first book, Satin Doll, just 6 months before.
I was only just getting a little well-known, but at the time there was still a stigma against self-published authors. And when there was some buzz at the BEA that Satin Doll was getting ready to be picked up by Simon & Schuster, instead of getting love from already published authors I was receiving looks like, "Who the hell does she think she is? Hmmph!"
I was getting ready to leave one of the events where I had been thorougly dissed, but in order to leave I had to pass a group of VERY well-known authors. I took a deep breath, and started toward the exit, being careful not to make eye contact.
Just as I passed them, and reached the exit, someone grabbed me by the shoulders and spun me around.
"Karen E. Quinones Miller? Is this really you? I just want you to know I heard so much about your book that I had to read it . . . and I loved it. And I just want to tell you that you are a terrifiic writer and have a great future in front of you."
Then he hugged me.
And it was E. Lynn Harris.
After that all the other authors welcomed me with open arms, and I've since become quite good friends with many of them. But I'll never forget that it was E. Lynn, who was the bestselling male African-American author of all time, who gave me public credibility in the African-American literary world.
He didn't have to do it. I would have been happy if he had simply not snubbed me. But no, E. Lynn -- being E. Lyn -- hugged me.
I love him.
And I miss him.
R. I. P. E. Lynn -- there will never be another like you.
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